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In the mercilessly cruel financial world of small airplane companies, and the new companies that plan to build airplanes, bankruptcy may offer the only chance of success. Nobody can, you see, sell enough airplanes quickly enough to recover the development costs of starting a company and designing and certifying an airplane. That means somebody needs […]

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I can’t believe we’re doing this!” Kimberly’s laughing voice sails through the air from somewhere behind me as our horses canter through the ponderosa pines of an Oregon trail. I don’t answer immediately, because just staying in the saddle is taking up most of my focus at the moment. But I laugh, inside and out. […]

The results are in on a study looking at the safety of so-called “technically advanced airplanes” (TAAs). Conducted by a panel of industry experts assembled as part of the FAA’s Safer Skies Initiative, the study examined airplanes that have technologically advanced features that are intended to make flying safer. The rather startling conclusion was that, […]

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The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced a plan to provide free public transportation services for the six-day First Flight Centennial Celebration in December. About 35,000 attendees are expected each day of the celebration. Since there is no parking available at Wright Brothers National Memorial, the NCDOT plan is designed to get attendees to […]

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Every pilot wants more useful load, and Piper provides 242 more pounds of it in its new Piper Meridian single-engine turboprop, thanks to an increase in maximum takeoff weight. And the company also switched to the new Meggitt Magic 1500 autopilot that offers the performance and features a pilot expects in a turbine airplane. When […]